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JUL 22, 2008 Podcast

Devin Stewart Interviews Jeff Hittner of IBM

Jeff Hittner, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Leader for the IBM Global Business Services, gives examples of how CSR is not a company expense or philanthropic ...

JUL 11, 2008 Podcast

The Rise of the Rest II: How the Ascent of Russia and China Affects Global Business and Security

From economic growth to cultural exports, the global distribution of power is shifting from "the West" to the rest of the world. This panel addresses ...

JUL 8, 2008 Podcast

Torture, Rights, and Values: Why the Prohibition of Torture is Absolute

Rodin's premise is that if we have a commitment against torture, then it leads to an absolute prohibition on torture. Luban worries that our commitment ...

JUL 2, 2008 Podcast

"Hikikomori" and Japan's Role in the World

Michael Zielenziger discusses Japan's hikikomori, bright young people who opt to live as shut-ins because they don't fit in a society of high conformity and ...

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JUN 23, 2008 Podcast

The Arab Center: The Promise of Moderation

"To be a moderate in the Arab world today," says Jordanian diplomat Marwan Muasher, "is to be a very, very tiny minority." The reason is ...

JUN 20, 2008 Podcast

The Economic and Strategic Rise of China and India: Asian Realignments after the 1997 Financial Crisis

David Denoon argues that although China's rise has received much attention, much less has been given to the relative decline of the Pacific Rim states ...

JUN 18, 2008 Podcast

The Future of the Automobile

General Motors' Larry Burns envisions the future: Electric cars that will deliver today's freedoms at more reasonable prices, and without today's environmental, safety, and congestion ...

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JUN 17, 2008 Podcast

Petrostate: Putin, Power, and the New Russia

"There's no one to talk to since Mahatma Gandhi died," sighs Putin. In a funny and frightening talk, Marshall Goldman unravels the tangled links between ...

JUN 12, 2008 Podcast

Counselor: A Life at the Edge of History

In this 2008 talk, Special Counsel and Advisor to John F. Kennedy Ted Sorensen recalls his life and times with JFK, including the dramas of desegregation ...

JUN 9, 2008 Podcast

Descent into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia

"Almost every single important extremist leader is living on the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan," says Ahmed Rashid. Compared to this threat, Iraq is a ...